That could be a real bad number if we still had the draft. But that’s not it.

To satisfy the redneck inside of me trying to bust out, I do NASCAR. I don’t drink Budweiser (won’t go that far) but I love all kinds of racing.

My grandmother started taking me to the Indianapolis 500 in 1952 and I went for twenty-seven straight years. In the ‘70s Daytona started being televised and I bit…been a fan ever since.

I made a great road trip with my brother in 2007 to Bristol. I flew to Indy and met my brother and got to see that spectacular place.Imagine our old “Mesa Marin” here in Bako; it was a half-mile track, just like Bristol.Mesa Marin held less than ten-thousand folks if it was packed.Bristol has 165,000 fans in a huge bowl…amazing.

So, it was inevitable that Yahoo would suck me into “nascar fantasy.” Every week they send me an email to get my team chosen for the upcoming race. I must pick 2 “A” drivers, 4 “B” drivers, and 2 “C” drivers.These must be picked before qualifying.After qualifying and before the green flag, I then must settle for 1A, 2Bs and 1C.There are hundreds of thousands of fans doing the fantasy thing and thousands of groups vying to get on the board.You can only be listed on the board if you are a Top 50 team.

Well, this year I finally am “in the chase.” I’ve been on the board for 3 weeks and now have moved up to a tie for 8th place.

My team is the DodgeDrafters and here are the standings going into Talladega. I printed my team name in Bold so you wouldn’t miss it.